Mjr
?Ole
Man
Murphy
Says?
0.n!. . ?r*- woUoimed. Sign Vour name.
A ?? .. t.. t i ?? i?rint*Hl. Hel|? to k*-. ;? tu.s
' olumn turn
y\ Ol I M W Ml KI*HV HIS-SH I
Th most pathttic \hing we have
$e*n iately was a horse-fly sitting on
t?.,? radiator o 1 a flivver.
Out west recently a beautiful i
gL-?. o r! \v:*< JiwiirrlcS frrn tho"
sand i>ar- in a breach of promise
5U : ainst a rich banker. On bav
in; ? ourt room she was h i i y r
hv : o and had - ight i ibs brok
en -a me judge awarded hov
f;: doiiar?. Moral? X.-ver play
v-; . woman V heart kick her in
the ribs.
alii that lightning n?*v r
twice in the same place. Pity
. our dads had boon that way
? used to us- the paddle
the baekporch of our trou ers.
T! impatient father walked ner
vr ? U and forth before hos
pf : v rd. The nurs. came out
sir H ? asked: "Well, nurse,
wil! use a razor or lip-stick?"
T! there the lightning hug
lcbi-.-h has no worry when the eop
con* Ho knows his tail light
is lit.
Wo desire to announce that Mur
phy has a cannery that is canning.
Hnv vou anv idea how many cans
hnv ' en filled to date, and how
much has been na'd to the farmer?
for their beans and tomatoes? And
how much .'as been paid for help at
th< cannery?
We don't know either, but we are
pointr to find out.
We are happy and fortunate in
having a live Civic organization like
tho Lions Club xin Murphy and Chor
oid " county. They were responsi
bl in securing tHe cannerv.
(Continued en Pa^e Four.)
DEATH CLAIMS DR
JOHN R. COLLINS
End Comes To Pop.ular Physician
Tuesday Night at 8:30 In
Kansas City Hospital
St I
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acro>
After making one of the bravest
fights for life ever made by mortal
man. Dr. John Robert Collins, ape
50, died Tuesday night at St. Joseph's
ho-pital in Kansas City from compli
cations following an operation for
appendicitis. Death came to the
popular Nowata physician at 8:30
o'clock.
Conforming to t?ie simplicity which
marked his life, the funeral services
will be oft simple nature, consisting
of the Masonic committment service
at the "rave and prayer by Rev.
Robert D. Pool, pastor of the Metho- i
di.-t church. The service will be at
Memorial Park Thursday afternoon
at 5 o'clock. The body, accompan
ied by a grief-stricken wife and R.
W. Benjamin, who was called to
Kansas City Tuesday night, will ar
rive tonight on the 1 1 :30 Missouri
Pacific train and will be laken to the
B njamin Funeral Home. John Graf
fin Collins, son of the deceased, and
Karl Kinkhead, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kinkhead, of Coodys Bluff,
Business to Cease
As a mark of respect to the
mopi"- of Dr. John R. Collins,
1 usiness will cease tomorrow
afternoon at 4:30 for the re
mainder of the day. All busi
ness men of the city today signi
fied their willingness to close
thfcir places of business in order
that their employees may attend
the funeral services.
are returning by automobile and are
expected to reach the city this after
noon.
Dr. Collins is survived by his wife
and five children, four sons and one
daughter, John Graflfin, aire 16, Mar
garet, 13, Jim. 11, Bill. 8, and Jay.
all of the home address. Three
brothers also survive, these being Ar
thur and Bass, of Culberson, N. C..
and Polev. of Akron. Ohio. Another
brother. Will, passed away at the old
home in Culberson a few months ago.
Hi? parents died several years ago.
It is probable that the news of thn
tossing of Dr. Collins was received
by the citizens of Nowata and sur
*ounding counties wiVi more sincere
and universal re<rrpt than any ever
received here. Just two weeks ago.
the popular nhvsieian. stalwart, rug
ted and apparently in the beat of
(Continued on Pair??
7 " J il eeA'v \euspaper in /! r</mi Vt.rt/i Carolina, Covering a Lar^e and Potentially Rich Terri o.v in Tl.ii Stale
VOL XI. I. NO. 4.
ML Kl'H > . \<u?lil CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30. 1929.
? COP* SI. 50 PEJi YEAK
MURPHY SCHOOL
TO OPEN NEXT
MONDAY, SEPT. 2
PUPILS WAP NED ABOUT BUYING
BOOKS BEFORE SECURING
LISTS
..p ' latcn ! r.t W. Sipe grave
? ?? !1 v.:::. latement this
wi k:
"Schorl will o.j n next Monday
( hiidr- n
\v:,i I. - kirn i for o:;iy an hour or so
on Mondav. but every one should be
? ent th:- day with tablet and
i ?uv to i.-: -met;. |
lists oi textbooks and other isforma
tion. so that a full d;.y Aork r?>ay !u* |
?< 'v Tu ?. silay.
"Children pro warned against buy- 1
insr books. either new or second hand
? ril th y have secured the l:s' irom
thiir tc:i . . The textbook adop
? \v tr srammar school are grad
ually bensr put Into into effect so
that it will not work a hardship on
parent-. Last year English and
Health were ehanged. This I
vcar rend rs and spelling books ale 1
lu-inir ehanged.
"This warning also applies to High
School str -dents as last spring th re
was a readoptior. of ?ngh school
texts. All the old books possible
were kept on the list, but there hav
leen a number of changes and hiprVi
chool students should put th full
li t of book- at school before buying
either new or used books.
"Hitrh school students coming to
this ?high school for the first time
should bring their credits with them, j
Those graduating from grammar
school should brin?r their certificat si
of promotion to the high school.
Th< ?; who ?tmve high school credits
in othir high schools should bring
these along the first day also.
"As many parents a? possibly can
are urged to be present on Monday
morning for the opening and also to
visit the school as often as possible
during the comintr term. If any
problem or question arises in your
minds about vour child in relation to
th e school during the year, come and
talk it over with the teacher or with
the superintendent. With the co
operation of parents and teachers,
these problems can be solved to the
satisfaction of evervom* concerned.
They cannot be solved, however, by
talkincr about them to friends and
neighbors. TVie school desires the
friendliest and most cordial relation
between parents and teachers and
teachers and punils. and with open
minds and a spirit of cooperation on
both sides, a pood school year is as
sured.*'
Bf?-chfie'd Appointed
County Game Warden
WM
Warns Against Squirrel Hunting Out
Of Season and Trotline Fishing
Ex-Sheriff D. M. Birchfield. who i
was recently appointed Game War- 1
den for Cherokee County, stated f?iis (
week that his attention had heen cal
led to a number of nersons now !
squirrel hunting, and that he would
have to take steps to protect the j
same according: to law unless it |
ceas?d till the or?en season for squir- ?
rel huntinp. which is from Septem- !
her 15 to January 1. The limit of i
kill for one day is ten.
The use of trotlines in "inland I
waters" is prr?iibited, Warden Birch
fi. Id stated, the method of fishintr I
being solely with hooJ: and pole and '
?only one pole to a person. A num- 1
her of trot lines arc now in the wa- j
ters of Cherokee county, and thes ? I
must come/ out at once. Traps and
baskets ate also prohibited, he said, j
FOLK SCHOOL GUESTS
Last week Dr. P. P. Claxton, for- j
I mer Commisioner of Education of j
, the United States, and his son, Mr. !
Porter Claxton. president of the
State Agricultural College in western
Tennessee, were quests $t the Folk
School. Dr. Claxton has been tre
mendously interested in the folk
schools for many years ? in fact he
has himself visited a number of the
folk schools in Denmark. Not only
did they pro over the school farm and
plant but they also visited the cream
cry, the cooperative mill which is run
by the Brasstown Farmer's Associa
tion. and examined the books of the
various cooperative organizations a?
well as *Jie Indian collection.
Mr. Frank Smith, a teacher of B?
rcn College is now a guest of ?he
Folk School for two weeks. Mr.
Smith has been interested for many
years in th*? folk schools which he
studied in Denmark. Mrs. C.nmntell
| and Miss Butler met Mr Snv'th in
Denmark during their study there.
220O.CO REWARD
Two hundred do'lars reward lias i
Iri-. off '.-red for Ui capture of Kd !
Higdon, above, who is charged with '
thi? murder <f Ilohert Kidd 011 July j
13th. Ili.^don is reported to have
been se n mi . veral occasions in the j
Hiawass* e River loop section of
N'orth Carolina and Tennessee, and 1
he is belkved to he in ?riding: in the
mountans unt'l he can "stake" him- j
s. If sufficiently 1o leave the country. ,
HANONGHOG i
HOLDS ROAD
MEH AUG. 21
WANT BETTER ROAD AND WILL
ASK COMMISSIONERS FOR IT
ON FIRST MONDAY
On August IT a few of the citi
zens of Hangingdog met and organ
ized a Hangingdog Community Road
Cluh. This little hand of 26 was
called to order by J. C. Odell who
stated the object of the meeting.
The cluh elected the following of
ficers: D. S. Davis, chairman; W. B.
Dockery. secretary and treasurer;
Fred Davis, W. .A. Adams, B. P. Lov
ingood, executive committee.
Following the election of officers,
the road conditions were discussed by
several members. The body voted to
meet again August 21.
Thv executive committee was as!C
cd to compose a letter for the Chero
kee Scout by August. 21, our next
meeting, in order *.iat the body
might accept or reject any part that
did not suit.
Cr. August 21 v"' had a large
crowd. New members joining bring
ing our membership up to 9r>. It was
ordered by The body that the secre
tary write the road commission that
they would meet with them on the
first Monday in September at 1 :.T0
I'. M.. to discuss the road situation.
The letter composed by Vic com
mittee, read and adopted is as fol
lows:
On August 17. thv citizens of
Hangingdog communitv had a road
meeting in order that they collective
ly mip'ht form some plan whereby
th y couM influe^c1- the highway
commissioners to put some work on
our road.
The citizens of Hangingdog do not
understand why our road hr?s been so
badly neglected for the past '.'iree
years.
As follows you will note some
facts about our present road condi
tion. After three years of hesitation
and meditation our citizens feel
obliged to act. Our road has become
so rough bv the hole left from last
winter's mud holes, the deeo ? ruts
that have not bee* f;lle'l dnrin<r the
summer and wearing awav from
weather condition and heavy traffic
that no one cares to come to our
communitv. Doctor* almost refuse
to com? to our communitv on ac
count of bad roads. Peonle Viat do
vis?*- o? sr?,r that we h?*ve the worst
rnad? th^v have s<*en. Kven our neo
r?lo wl /?ars reioice when they
get off the Hangingdo<* road for a
r!de.
(Continued on Vane 10>
Everything Free At
Midway Lake Sat.
'I he ttmundrf and recreation faci
lities of Midway Lake will be thrown
open to the pui'iie Saturday morning
; 1 c- to evervhodv for <?: v day ?>~
Hampton Iiroth rs announced this 1
week.
This i being1 done, the announce
H >oton Brothers for th splendid
and coRpcratio'i uiven them
; ' *''e:r d"v ! /rv? r* l?v tb- iu!i!:r.
' I' '? ?: - .,r <v,? la' d ('nv' ? -
m to ?? j ? f ? n* v,'ay ;i]i v.
"tJctuiV: ? ??? batb"; ? and go?f- :?
!n- . T' -' er fr ?o camp
ers it a!! til
1 ?' i ???,.. liny ? !r>(>n
*'???' *h- '?ve ?? '* i* ' nut t'^ton
mowed, so that go'fing Saturday will
'?o at its b ?5i.
t is e-. i. vied that more th ?; ti
! oiisand p o;>!e have visited the lake
s sason. This is shown by re
? " ' taken in. and there we:" th* ? -
. *ndi: of oth - who visited the lake
' --t for t^e ? tTuunc ?< 1? in n .
One of the Hampton brothers stated
that he had -n '*er?nlo then- from
twelv d:ff"vent states.
Th: *! VLdopni nt is destined t<?
mean much to Murphy a> an attrca
t?> tourists ;.n l -ummer visitors,
and the -ntronage given the Hamp
ton Brothers during 4 ho first season
has greatly strengthened their faith
in the projtct, :?nd extensive im
provements are planned to he made
during the coming winter for next
season.
The public is cordially invitfd to
tak*' advantage of the faci'iti<< Sat
urday and enjoy them to the fullest.
J. L. HENRY DIED AT
WH1TEWRIGHT, TEX
I
Mr. \V. A. Henry, of MurjViy, re
I reived the sad news Mondav that his
j brother, James Lafayette Henry, of
WJrite wright, Tex., died on Wednes
day, A ' jjust 21st, and was buried on
i the 22nd. H was. 7'.? years old
' month, and had been in the west for
| nearly forty years.
He is survived by nine children,
; those residing in this county are:
! Mrs. Poley Collins, Culberson; Mr.
Robert Henry, Martins Creek; Mrs.
Nettie Hall, Xotla; Those living in
i Texas are: J. W., Doug, Frank Hen
I ry and Mrs. Lou Martin; and Hun1*
| Henry, living: in Missouri.
Mr. Henry was born and reared in
Cherokee county, and married Miss
Liza Anne Ledford, daughter of Hid
Ledford and wife. He was well and
prominently known in the county
and his death will be sad news to his
many friends and relatives.
B. Y. P. U. Organized
At Grandview Church
A few weeks ago the Grandview
Baptist youn** peonlo realizing the
need of being trained in service for
the Master organized a Senior B. Y.
P. U. with the following officers:
President. Murle Davis; Vice Pres
ident, Kermit Lovinrood; Secretary,
Arden Davis; Corresnonding Secre
Hr- Lois Adams; Quizz Lead r,
Kthel Davis; Choirister. Dewey Kep
hart; Pianist. Anna Dav;r; Gr or;)
. Captains. Mamie Mulkey and No:*a
| Lovingood.
In the near future this church is
planning to organize also a Junior
; and an Intermediate B. Y. P. U.
Brasstown Creamery
Hold Formal Opening
The Mountain Valley Cream t-ry, a
cooperative organization owned by
Vie farmers in this part of the coun
try, will hold a formal opening next
Monday, September 2, at 10 A. M.
There will be splendid speakers,
oM fashioned fiddling and banjo
pickinc. and demonstrations of cream
separators and of a milking machine.
All shippers are invited to bring
lunch and be prepared to spend the
day.
Refreshments will be sold on the
ground by the Womans Community
Club of Brasstown, the proceeds go
inu: toward a special fund for the
creamery.
The attractive stone building with
Green gabled roof stands just below
the road. No. 28, a mile above Mr.
Fred O. Scroggs' store, Vie center of
Brosstown community.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET TODAY
* special meeting of the Woman's
Ciut> "ailed to meet this afternoon
at: 3 oV ?e . the club rooms at the
Library, ai. -v member is ur"
to be preset ~>po;iant m
are to be con. ;d.
DELEGATES OF
BRASSTOWN MET
WiTH LIONS CLUB
W AYS A.\TA MEANS OF BUILDING
UP DAIRY INDUSTRY 13
LiSCUSSED
A di'li-- t mi iVom l:i Bn.sslown
r* y 1. >-t with tho Lions Club
.
following the dinner hour for
;: roose of discussing ways and
ppca.1.^ u-? tin- dairy in
? ? ? i r\ in ?herok.e an.<i L'l;iy coun
li1 <1 particularly ??. increasing
li.c production of t: am f ? the
L:a.-sli?wn i y. : ' v .. --is to
lit coming of tin Brass town delega
t.on the Lions r vuui-d the progress
o. the caan vy, t.ad ?? ; .n. 1 1 ? ? ai the
c.suierit on correspondence with n -
?_aiu to mw industries and from Lion
Powell in regard to boys work. The
ti?>y Scouts 'extended an invitation
? iioujih Lion l'owi 1 t. iu?\ -upper
with them at their cam'# on ^laiwa*'
Lake tile 1; >urth *u . .i?y in Svptem
I oer.
Fred O. iicroggs ? ? ..... .. ??
chief spoilsman l'or t H Brasstow:i
vie legation. ?l show, d how that tiie
cream > cured hy the brasstown
cieameiy had grown from 2ft0
pounds th first week to about 800
pounds per week now. lie stated Shat
thi e sliipp?ents of cream separators
had been made to the section in the
few month- since the opening of the
creamery and then were others vVio
desired separators. These are being
paid for out of cream checks. Mr.
Scroggs pointed out that with *.'ie
separators the farmers were receiv
ing just as largi ch< cks ??* before,
? even though deductions were being
made to apply on the purchase price
of the separators. Thus in a smse,
the separators were not citing the
farmers anything. The speaker
made it clear tVat 4I^v active support
, of the section as a whole wn? nrod- "*
\ ed so that the amount of butter fat
! ?%o|. rveck could be greatly increased.
' It was pointed out that it was the
cooperative creamery at Brasstown
to cooperate with the creamery at
Tl?"nsville.
Miss Marguerite Butler, secretary
of the creamer*' followed Mr.
Scioggs, .supplementing what he had
stated by adding that the o'?ier co
operative organizations at Brasstown
had been successful and that the
creamery was destined to succeed
also. She stated that the savings
and loan association had made sever
al loans to members with which to
buy cows to supply cream to the
creamerv hut that much more cream
was needed to meet Vie demand for
the butter manufactured there and
and also to increase the margin of
profit now made on the smaller pro
duction. She ouotrd Mr. Smarr of
the American Jersey Cattle Club in
North Carolina :is saying the cream
ery there was the cleanest and neat
est in North Carolina, and Mr. Cle
venger, of State College Professor
0f v as making a similar re
nin vk ?*ifte?- having visited all cream
ci ies of the State.
Mr. Nielson, butter maker at the
creamery, an expi rt orouuht ?hen'
f : '?:n Denmark, gave a number of
statistical data regarding the cream
erv. lie nointed out that it was now
returning to the farmers about one
one thousand dallars per month but
that the production should he dou
bled or trebled. The sneaker's f->ji>
er owns a creamery in Denmark,
which makes over iTOO pounds of
butter daily, it was brought out.
Ucr. F?in ^oufh* information as
to just v.hat was desired of the Club
by Br.i>-? wn, which led to a more
? .-ner.-il discussion from members
with the following suggestions being
made and favorably received:
Lien Witherspoon inquired if it
w?.re profitable to the farmer to
product cream for the creamery i
it" so: the \va,T to increase the produc
tion would be to secure additional
cows. This would call for more per
manent pastures and a financial or
ganization to aid in bringing them
into the county and financing them
until the farmers could pay for them
out of their earnings.
I.ion Gray followed with remarks
with regard to pasture possibilities
in this county, citing particularly th?
pasture developed by the Covers at
Andrews, by Dor Witherspoon on
the Chastain farm and one or two
others. He thought that there was
probably only about 200 acres in
permanent nasture in the countv,
-?as. there should be thousands
r*h acres in pasturace in a coun
iike this. The sneaker proffered
<C\>ntirn<?d on rase ft)